But the suggestion that Hull's multi-storey car parks should be turned into overnight accommodation for rough sleepers is, quite frankly, ludricrous.

Some say it's a "no-brainer". I would more accurately describe it as a non-starter.

In fact, there's more chance of me discovering cheese on the Moon than it actually happening here any time soon.

Is there cheese on the Moon ? Probably not. (Image: Getty)

The idea has been shortlisted in a global competition run by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) aimed at looking for solutions to growing urbanisation and climate change around the world.

Others on the shortlist range from an incentive scheme for air filtration systems to be retrofitted on buildings to developing new rainwater storage technology and innovative forms of modular housing.

However, the headline story has been about car parks being turned into makeshift hostels.

The submission by Iranian brothers Soran and Saman Shanapur could end up winning the competition's £50,000 first prize at a black tie ceremony in November.

They believe the concept could be rolled out across all cities in the UK where homelessness is rife.

That's where I take issue with anyone keen on seeing an overnight hostel being set up in a multi-storey car park in Hull because while there are undoubtedly people sleeping rough on the city's streets, it's invariably their decision to be there.

A rough sleeper in Hull

It's also worth repeating the fact that Hull's current provision of hostel and managing housing exceeds demand. In other words, there's more than enough beds to go round.

To be fair, the Shanapur brothers' submission doesn't actually specify Hull as a place to turn their idea into reality.

But surely the city council's approach to encouraging 24-hour use to its city centre car parks is a better way of what the RICS grandly describes as "re-purposing public spaces outside of office hours".